Winnie Yeung is a Canadian school teacher and writer who co-wrote Homes: A Refugee Story with high school student Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah."Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, teenage refugee from Syria, tells his story with help from his teacher Winnie Yeung". CBC Books, January 31, 2019.
Teaching In 2010, Iraqi student Al-Rabeeah moved with his family to Homs, Syria, but they were soon forced to move again due to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War."Edmonton teacher helps refugee tell his story". CBC News Edmonton, June 23, 2016. He and his family moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 2014, where Yeung was his English as a second language teacher."The Syrian boy who wrote his life story – with the help of his Canadian teacher". The Guardian, May 12, 2018. She encouraged him to tell his own life stories as a way to practice English and began recording them.
Homes The co-authored memoir was self-published in 2016, before being picked up for commercial republication by Freehand Books in 2018."Teenage Syrian refugee teams up with Edmonton teacher to tell his story in new book". StarMetro Edmonton, May 12, 2018.
It was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards,"Edmonton refugee, teacher on shortlist for Governor General’s Literary Award". Global Edmonton, October 5, 2018. and for the 2019 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing."Books about masculinity, energy projects among Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists". The Globe and Mail, April 3, 2019. It was selected for the 2019 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Chuck Comeau."Chuck Comeau, Joe Zee, Lisa Ray take on Canada Reads battle of the books". CityNews, January 31, 2019.
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